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Democrats Introduce 'Save the Internet Act' To Restore Net Neutrality (cnet.com)
As expected, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday introduced the Save the Internet Act, which aims to restore open internet rules that were repealed in 2017. From a report: The Obama-era rules, which lasted from 2015 to 2018, banned broadband providers from slowing or blocking access to the internet or charging companies higher fees for faster access. Democrats in Congress have said the repeal allows for large broadband and wireless companies to "control people's online activities." "86 percent of Americans opposed Trump's assault on net neutrality, including 82 percent of Republicans," said Pelosi during the press conference on Wednesday. "With 'Save The Internet Act,' Democrats are honoring the will of the people." Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey tweeted out a copy of the bill on Wednesday, saying nearly every Democrat in the Senate had joined him to introduce it.
Well, they know that. It's the same as when the Republicans put bills on Obama's desk to repeal the ACA. They knew he'd veto it and that they wouldn't be able to override it. It's about signalling to the voters "this is what we'll be able to do if you put us in charge." It's not a new phenomenon.
What is created by "a pen & a phone" dies by "a pen & a phone."
Many tried to warn those on the left the precedent they were happily allowing to be created under Obama... we got called racist instead.
Enjoy your comeuppance.
Maybe it’s time to have a serious discussion about executive overreach... regardless of who is President?
Intentionally I think. It took me a second to realize you were conflating Net Neutrality with Google (YouTube) & Facebook kicking right wing pundits off their platforms for questionable (and let's face it, violent) rhetoric and commentary.
Honestly if you left it at that I think you coulda got a +5 out of your troll post, but that bit about the UN ties in with all sorts of off the rails conspiracy theories. The key to a good shit post is knowing when to stop. It helps to have some honest belief in what you're posting. And you're not gonna convince me or anyone else that you believe that malarkey.
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I don't think playing the abortion idea is a good one.. It may shore up the base but if the polling is any indicator, it's a net loss for democrats as the overwhelming majority of voters do NOT support unlimited right to abortion past viability (say about 22 weeks), much less up to the moment of birth. And I believe that the polling is about 50/50 for abortions just before a detectable heartbeat.
It may play better in heavily democratic areas, and shore up the base, but abortion is an issue that inflames the other side of the debate too, so I'd be *really* careful about that issue as a democrat running for a national office. It could hurt the overall stance of the democrat party nationally, using this issue in local elections.
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TRUMP is the "pen and phone" president. Congress said he couldn't have money, he tried to invent a BS "emergency" to go around them. He's a traitor
Try again, Ivan. People are dying right and left from drug overdoses and the mexican drug cartels are bringing in tons of the stuff. There is a real emergency and Trump is the only legit president we've had in a long time.
Sanders has changed the discourse of an entire nation. We're seriously talking about universal healthcare for the first time since the mid 90s.
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The Mueller report that's been coming soon for well over a year now and that so far has only managed to charge people with lying to the police, the traditional "we wasted a whole lot of time and money on this and now we have to show it accomplished something" charge?
Keep dreaming.
Also I yet again have to point out how rude and crude the left is, and how willing they are to fling words they insist are "slurs" around. Words that used by people on the right are used as justification to get people fired and have their lives ruined. Yet they're more than happy to just use them themselves.